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Elastica

{{Short description|British rock band}}

{{for multi|the self-titled album by the same band|Elastica (album)|the theory relating to large-scale deformations of elastic structures|Elastica theory}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}{{Use British English|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Elastica

| image = Elastica The Menace press kit.jpg

| caption = Elastica in 2000

| image_size =

| landscape = yes

| background = group_or_band

| origin = London, England

| genre = {{hlist|Britpop|alternative rock||post-punk|new wave{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPK6NgwlOaAC|title=Elastica: Absolutely Fabulous|work=SPIN|pages=46–47|date=July 1995|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}}}

| years_active = 1992–2001

| label = {{hlist|Deceptive|Geffen|DGC|Atlantic|Wichita}}

| spinoff_of = Suede

| website =

| current_members =

| past_members = * Justine Frischmann

}}

Elastica were an English rock band formed in London in 1992 by guitarist/singer Justine Frischmann and drummer Justin Welch after their departure from Suede. The band was stylistically influenced by punk rock, post-punk and new wave music.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elastica-p44835 |title=Elastica > Biography |access-date=2 February 2012 |author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas |website=AllMusic}} The band's members changed several times, with Frischmann and Welch being the only members who remained in Elastica from its formation to its dissolution.

Elastica quickly rose to prominence after the release of their debut single "Stutter" in November 1993, and the band's next three singles charted in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. Their debut album Elastica (1995) was an immediate success and broke records for the fastest-selling debut album in the UK; the album also found success in the United States and produced the band's highest-charting US Hot 100 hit, "Connection". However, the band would later find itself in controversy over accusations of plagiarism, which were settled out-of-court.

Development on a follow-up album languished due to interpersonal disputes, line-up changes and Frischmann's heroin addiction during the late 1990s. In 2000, Elastica released their second album, The Menace, which was less well received critically or commercially. After struggling to come up with new material for a third album, the band amicably broke up in October 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/elastica-reunite-return-studio-1956368 |title=Elastica reunite and return to the studio |work=nme.com |author=Damien Jones |date=23 Jan 2017}}

History

In mid-1992, ex-Suede band members Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch decided to form a group. By autumn of that year, bassist Annie Holland and guitarist Donna Matthews were added. After initially gigging under names such as "Onk", they settled on the name "Elastica" in October 1992. They released their first single, "Stutter", in October 1993, which benefited from the promotional efforts of BBC Radio 1 DJ and Deceptive Records label boss Steve Lamacq, who discovered the band earlier that year. In 1994, they released two UK Top 20 singles, "Line Up" and "Connection", and performed on numerous radio shows. Frischmann's relationship with Blur frontman Damon Albarn made tabloid headlines.{{cite book |first=Martin C. |last=Strong |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=Mojo Books |location=Edinburgh |edition=5th |year=2000 |pages=312–313 |isbn=1-84195-017-3}}

Elastica's first LP, Elastica, was released in March 1995, and entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1; it became the fastest-selling debut album since Oasis' Definitely Maybe. This record was held for over ten years, until it was surpassed by the Arctic Monkeys' debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in 2006.{{cite news |title=Stuff events - Arctic Monkeys |url=http://events.stuff.co.nz/artist/arctic-monkeys |work=Stuff.co.nz |access-date=2 January 2017}} The album was preceded by their fourth single "Waking Up" which went to No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart, their highest placing therein.

The band became subject to controversy when several publishers sued them for plagiarism claiming that many of their melodies were taken from compositions by the art punk band Wire (whom they counted as one of their main influences), and the Stranglers, who had shared the same London rehearsal studios with Elastica in 1994.{{cite magazine |title=DG Hand Hunted!|magazine=Strangled|issue=42|publisher=Stranglers Information Service|date=December 1994|page=3|url=https://archive.org/details/strangled-vol-2-no-42-1994-12/page/n1/mode/2up|access-date=18 April 2022}} Notably, Wire's "I Am the Fly" has a chorus similar to Elastica's "Line Up" and the intro synthesizer part in Elastica's "Connection" (later also repeated on guitar) is lifted from the guitar riff in Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" and transposed a semitone, while "Waking Up" bore a marked resemblance to the Stranglers' song "No More Heroes". The disputes were resolved by out-of-court settlements.{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/artist_profile/elastica.htm |title=Artist Profile Elastica |last=Bloch |first=Sam |work=Stylus Magazine |date=1 September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626021851/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/artist_profile/elastica.htm |archive-date=26 June 2012}}

One of the members of The Stranglers, JJ Burnel, later said, "Yes, it sounds like us, but so what? Of course there's plagiarism, but unless you live in a vacuum there's always going to be. It's the first thing our publishers have done for us in 20 years, but if it had been up to me, I wouldn't have bothered."{{Cite news |last=Peschek |first=David |date=31 March 1995 |title=Elastica's anxiety of influence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/elastica-s-anxiety-of-influence-1613582.html |access-date=25 August 2024 |work=The Independent}} Another member of The Stranglers, Jet Black, even thanked Elastica in Melody Maker for bringing attention to his old band.Rabid, Jack. [http://allmusic.com/album/waking-up-r209193/review "Waking Up - Elastica"]. allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

The mid-1990s saw Elastica release music in the USA. "Stutter" and "Connection" received airplay on modern rock radio and both charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at numbers 67 and 53 respectively; their debut album also charted and was later certified gold. After performing at the 1995 Glastonbury Festival, the band joined the Lollapalooza tour continuing an almost solid year of constant gigs where they toured North America four times. Citing exhaustion, Annie Holland quit the band in early August 1995 and was replaced for the remainder of the tour by session bassist Abby Travis. Holland was not permanently replaced until the arrival of Sheila Chipperfield in the spring of 1996. Around this time, keyboardist David Bush (ex-the Fall) was added to the line-up.

After playing more shows and demoing new material in the first half of 1996, Elastica entered the studio in the later part of the year to begin work on their second album. By late 1998 Matthews had left the band. She was replaced by guitarist Paul Jones (of the band Linoleum) and keyboardist Mew. Around this time, Chipperfield was replaced by the returning Annie Holland.

As a tribute to the "lost years" of the band, a self-titled six-track EP appeared in August 1999, collecting a variety of recordings from a multitude of aborted sessions. This EP marked the first new material from the band in over four years. After re-recording most of these songs in mid-1999, along with new compositions, the band played their first set of shows in years. In November 1999, Elastica parted ways with their international distributor Geffen after their US distributor DGC was merged into Geffen/Interscope amidst a label shakeup,{{Cite web |last=NME |date=1999-11-11 |title=GEFFEN CUTS LOSSES, ELASTICA BOUNCE FREE |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/elastica-42-1392752 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} and the band subsequently signed with Atlantic Records.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=elastica+sign+to+atlantic+records&pg=PA14 |title=Billboard |date=2000-04-01 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}} Their second proper album, The Menace, was released in April 2000; it was significantly less critically and commercially successful than the band's debut album. In February 2001, Deceptive Records closed down due to financial struggles and Atlantic Records dropped the band soon after due to poor sales, leaving the band without any record label.{{Cite web |title=Deceptive Records |url=http://www.deceptive.co.uk/News.html |access-date=2022-08-10 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010419083529fw_/http://www.deceptive.co.uk/News.html |archive-date=19 April 2001 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Lash |first1=Jolie |date=2001-10-04 |title=Elastica Call It Quits |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elastica-call-it-quits-249583/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} In October 2001, following fruitless sessions for an intended third Elastica album, the band announced their amicable break-up, owing to exhaustion from touring and disappointing sales of The Menace.{{Cite web |date=2001-10-02 |title=ELASTICA STUTTER TO A HALT |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/elastica-2-1378690 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} The band's farewell single, "The Bitch Don't Work", was released by Wichita Recordings in November 2001.{{Cite web |last=Strutt |first=Anthony |title=Elastica - The Bitch Don't Work |url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=10593 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Pennyblackmusic.co.uk |language=en}}

=After the break-up=

In 2005, Frischmann emigrated to Boulder, Colorado, and studied art at Naropa University. She had begun working as an artist by 2008, and later moved to the San Francisco Bay Area.{{cite news |title=On my radar: Justine Frischmann's cultural highlights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/may/07/on-my-radar-justine-frischmann-cultural-highlights-eliott-smith-wendy-white-bernie-sanders |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=7 May 2017}} Matthews had a band called Klang in 2004 and is now a pastor in Totnes,{{Cite web |date=2007-07-22 |title=Ichthus : Evangelism News October 2006 |url=http://www.ichthus.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=57178 |access-date=2023-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070722044524/http://www.ichthus.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=57178 |archive-date=22 July 2007 }} according to a recent{{when|date=August 2020}} BBC 6 show she has been linked romantically to Lawrence Chandler of Bowery Electric.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Holland lives in Brighton.{{Cite web |last=McAlpine |first=Fraser |date=2017-11-13 |title=What happened to the female stars of Britpop? - BBC Music |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/6d58ee98-f1a2-4c84-afbb-9158c2dcbedc |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}} Welch and Mew are married, and live in Hastings.{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Hastings Independent |date=2021-06-11 |title=Mew Welch: Pot star |url=https://www.hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/arts/mew-welch-pot-star/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Hastings Independent Press |language=en-UK}} Welch played drums for Lush's 2015-16 reunion shows and now plays in Piroshka,{{Cite web |title=Piroshka {{!}} Bella Union |url=https://bellaunion.com/artists/piroshka/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=bellaunion.com |language=en-US}} releasing two albums on Bella Union.{{cite magazine |last1=Bonner |first1=Michael |title=Lush announce first live show for almost twenty years |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/lush-announce-first-live-show-for-almost-twenty-years-70941 |magazine=Uncut |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=28 September 2015}} Jones is the A&R man at Rough Trade joining after managing his Slogan label, which released the Fall's Fall Heads Roll. He signed the group Warpaint.{{Cite news |title=A&R Masterclass - Paul Jones |url=https://www.acm.ac.uk/events/ar-masterclass-paul-jones/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=ACM |language=en-US}}

On 21 January 2017, the band's official Facebook page posted photos featuring three-quarters of the original line-up – Matthews, Holland and Welch – during a visit to Abbey Road Studios in London. They were working on a remaster of their debut Elastica with Mastering engineer Sean McGee. Frischmann also worked on the remaster.{{cite web |last1=Marotta |first1=Michael |title='They hadn't seen each other for 20yrs': Elastica are back in the studio |url=http://www.vanyaland.com/2017/01/21/they-hadnt-seen-each-other-for-20yrs-elastica-are-back-in-the-studio |publisher=Vanyaland |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=21 January 2017}} The record was reissued in April on Record Store Day.{{cite magazine |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=Elastica respond to reunion rumours |url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/elastica-respond-reunion-rumours-2020045 |magazine=NME |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=17 March 2017}}

Members

Past members

  • Justine Frischmann – vocals and guitar (1992–2001)
  • Justin Welch – drums (1992–2001)
  • Donna Matthews – guitar and vocals (1992–1998)
  • Annie Holland – bass (1992–1995, 1999–2001)
  • David Bush – keyboards (1996–2001)
  • Sheila Chipperfield – bass (1996–1998)
  • Paul Jones – guitar (1998–2001)
  • Sharon Mew – keyboards and vocals (1999–2001)

Guest/touring musicians

=Timeline=

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Discography

=Studio albums=

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!rowspan="2"|Year

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!colspan="6"|Peak chart positions

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!rowspan="2" width="120"|Certificates

width="30"|UK
UK chart peaks:

  • Top 100 peaks, except "Stutter": {{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29861/elastica/|title=Official Charts > Elastica |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=7 November 2019}} N.B. This site displays 'compressed' chart peaks (exclusion rules applied) for positions 76–100. This site does not display positions 76–100 between 13 April 1991 and 30 January 1994 inclusive.
  • "Stutter": {{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/Smc2wcw.jpg |title=13 November 1993 (from ukmix.org The 76-100 pos. UK-Charts-Thread, page 9) |publisher=Imgur.com |access-date=30 May 2017}}
  • Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: {{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_E.HTM |title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > E-40 – E-Z Rollers |publisher=zobbel.de |access-date=30 May 2017}}{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |edition=19th |year=2006 |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=180}}

!width="30"|AUS

!width="30"|CAN
{{cite magazine |title=Elastica Canadian position |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9038&volume=61&issue=13&issue_dt=May%2001%201995&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=drnjutdtte48eld29pvr5ca4c2 |magazine=RPM |access-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121193829/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9038&volume=61&issue=13&issue_dt=May%2001%201995&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=drnjutdtte48eld29pvr5ca4c2 |archive-date=21 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}

!width="30"|NZ
{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=Elastica |title=charts.org.nz > Elastica in New Zealand Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=7 November 2019}}

!width="30"|SWE
{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Elastica |title=swedishcharts.com > Elastica in Swedish Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=7 November 2019}}

!width="30"|US
{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/TLP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107080943/https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/TLP |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2019 |title=Billboard > Elastica Chart History > Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 November 2019}}

1995

|Elastica

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  • UK: 270,000{{Cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |date=1 April 2000 |title=Elastica Bounces Back With 2nd Set |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=elastica++soundscan&pg=PA14 |magazine=Billboard |volume=112 |issue=14 |pages=14, 17 |issn=0006-2510}}
  • US: 556,000
  • WW: 1,000,000{{cite magazine |date=17 February 1996 |title=Brits Around The World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |volume=108 |issue=7 |page=58 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401042346/https://books.google.com/books?id=Gw8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA58 |archive-date=1 April 2021 |access-date=5 March 2018}}

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  • UK: Gold{{cite web |title=Search for 'Elastica' |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=2 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115055129/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=15 January 2013 |df=dmy}}
  • CAN: Gold{{cite web |title=Canadian Certificates |url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |publisher=CRIA |access-date=22 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412081617/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |archive-date=12 April 2009 |df=dmy}}
  • US: Gold{{cite web |title=US Certificates |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |publisher=RIAA |access-date=22 February 2009}}
2000

|The Menace

  • Released: 3 April 2000
  • Label: Deceptive/Atlantic

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  • US: 31,000{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2001-10-02 |title=Elastica Calls It A Career |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/elastica-calls-it-a-career-78231/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

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=Singles=

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!width="30"|AUS
Australian (ARIA) peaks:

  • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book |first=Gavin |last=Ryan |title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 |publisher=Moonlight Publishing |location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia |edition=pdf |year=2011 |page=91}}
  • "Connection": {{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/zuamCws.jpg |title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 2 Jul 1995 |publisher=ARIA, via Imgur.com |access-date=30 May 2017}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
  • "Car Song": {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605213523/http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg |url=https://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg |archive-date=5 June 2015 |title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015 |access-date=3 October 2015 |publisher=Imgur.com |url-status=live}}
  • All ARIA chart peaks: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/3Ntk2Ol.jpeg|title=Elastica ARIA chart history, received from ARIA on 8 March 2024|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=5 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the title's peak on the national chart.

!width="30"|CAN
{{cite magazine |title=Canadian Single Positions |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9224&volume=61&issue=17&issue_dt=May%2029%201995&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=drnjutdtte48eld29pvr5ca4c2 |magazine=RPM |access-date=29 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125053439/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9224&volume=61&issue=17&issue_dt=May%2029%201995&type=1&interval=36&PHPSESSID=drnjutdtte48eld29pvr5ca4c2 |archive-date=25 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}

!width="30"|CAN
Alt
{{cite magazine |title=Search Term(s): "Elastica" and "Rock/Alternative" |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=nfl7btr81s9geh5cgssb99pni7&q1=Elastica&q2=Rock%2FAlternative&interval=50 |magazine=RPM |access-date=6 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121192343/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=nfl7btr81s9geh5cgssb99pni7&q1=Elastica&q2=Rock%2FAlternative&interval=50 |archive-date=21 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}

!width="30"|US
{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/HSI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107080911/https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/HSI |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2019 |title=Billboard > Elastica Chart History > Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 November 2019}}

!width="30"|US Alt
{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/MRT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107080953/https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/MRT |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2019 |title=Billboard > Elastica Chart History > Alternative Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 November 2019}}

!width="30"|US Main
{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/RTT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107080933/https://www.billboard.com/music/elastica/chart-history/RTT |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2019 |title=Billboard > Elastica Chart History > Mainstream Rock Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 November 2019}}

1993

|"Stutter"

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|align="center"|125

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rowspan="2"|1994

|"Line Up"

|align="center"|20

|align="center"|142

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"Connection"

|align="center"|17

|align="center"|71

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|11

|align="center"|53

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|40

rowspan="2"|1995

|"Waking Up"

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"Car Song"

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1999

|"How He Wrote Elastica Man"

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2000

|"Mad Dog God Dam"

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2001

|"The Bitch Don't Work"

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:1.{{note|a}}Did not chart until 1995.

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